private key

English

Noun

private key (plural private keys)

1. The unpublished key in asymmetric cryptography.

Coordinate terms

• public key

Related terms

• public-key cryptography

Translations

unpublished key

• Catalan: clau privada f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 私鑰／私钥 (zh) (sīyào)

• Czech: soukromý klíč m
• Finnish: yksityinen avain
• German: privater Schlüssel m
• Hungarian: titkos kulcs
• Icelandic: einkalykill m